Fish Wednesday, Rockfish Files Edition

When you really devote yourself to eating sustainable seafood, you end up in some tight corners. Case in point: I was feeling pretty okay as I tossed the Canadian Rockfish fillet in my basket, but when I got home and looked up the fish on my favorite source, I realized it was, again, not that …


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Aloha Oy III: Honolulu Times Nine

Hawaii, as most people know, is a series of islands. With, um, water between them. In order to get from one island to another, one can not just hop on the bus, drop 1.75 in the fare box, and get off on the other side. Nope. It takes a bit more planning than that. There …


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I Love the Pacific Northwest

I just went outside to hang some laundry in this much needed day of sunshine, and when I looked up, two huge bald eagles were flying lazy circles over my house.

Aloha Oy II: The Grand Fiction of the Press Junket

Every day I set aside a little time to scribble emails and make phone calls to tourism providers in Hawaii. Most of the time it’s fun, there’s a little internet sleuthing as I dig for what entity, exactly, runs that particular property. And I enjoy talking to some Vitamin D replete individual who tells me …


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Fish Wednesday: Lethargy Edition

I have, sitting on my hard drive, a terrific interview with the writer behind the Ocean Friendly Seafood cookbook. Good stuff in there, I tell you what, about his conversion on the road to fish Damascus via Orange Roughy. (Trust me, this will all make sense at some point.) But I’m still down with the …


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Georgetown With Camera

After the big storm of yesterday, everything is washed in a bright, shiny light. I went to meet fellow tech guy/bon vivant K. at All City Coffee in the heart of Georgetown. After we talked business, gossip, business, and more gossip, I took a stroll around the hood, camera in hand. It was like a …


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